Burton to turn Alice's world 3D

He has given us a boy with scissor hands, a magical sweet factory and, from next month, a singing, murderous barber. Now film director Tim Burton is taking on another fantasy - he is to direct and produce a new adaptation of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll. Using both live action and computer-generated animation, the film - part of a two-project deal Burton has signed with Disney - will screen in 3D. Casting is yet to be decided, but the director is already fired up about the project. "It's such a classic and the imagery is so surreal," Burton says. "The stories are like drugs for children. It's like, 'Whoa, man'. So I think it's an interesting challenge."